It looks like Nancy Pelosi is a little confused about the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 nations.
While on CNN this morning, she told Chris Cuomo that the deal is a “masterful piece of work on the part of President Obama” because Iran* Russia and China “never voted with us in the UN on any sanctions on Iran in the past.”
Oh really? Here’s Noah Pollak with a fact check:
Lauding Obama, Pelosi just told CNN China & Russia "never voted with us in the UN on any [Iran] sanctions in the past." They did 9 times.
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) January 13, 2016
And here’s the video:
"It's masterful work on the part of President Obama" — @NancyPelosi talks about the #IranDeal https://t.co/ZgkBh2Nhuu
— New Day (@NewDay) January 13, 2016
And from what we’ve found, 5 of the UN Security Council Resolutions for sanctions on Iran happened before President Obama took office in January 2009.
Details. https://t.co/myLEj6kuoi
— Omri Ceren (@cerenomri) January 13, 2016
@NoahPollak This is like during Iran debate when they simply made up centrifuge numbers Obama inherited. Math is hard.
— Omri Ceren (@cerenomri) January 13, 2016
Idea, maybe the media could press Democrats to answer questions here in the real world instead of Obamafantasyland https://t.co/CmpNtWx45o
— Nathan Klein (@NathanKleinDC) January 13, 2016
She also admitted that the Iranians “may” use the billions in sanction money that would be released by the deal to fund terrorism and other “bad things” in the words of Chris Cuomo:
Pelosi On Iran: "They May" Do Bad Things With $150 Billion From Nuclear Deal https://t.co/LpT2CgjMQG
— James Hewitt (@JamesOHewitt) January 13, 2016
Masterful indeed!
* Editor’s note: We’ve corrected a typo. Pelosi was referring to Russia and China never voting with the U.S. at the United Nations, not Iran.
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